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Shops in Savannah Long Caption: This scene was drawn on the back of a piece of navigational chart. The back of the drawing bears, in the artist's hand, the title as well as a shopping list. During the Second World War, John Kingsley Cook (1911-1994) served in the merchant navy as a wireless officer. He joined in 1940, and went on his first sea voyage, to the United States, in December 1940. His ship was sunk off the coast of Algeria in 1941, the survivors being taken captive and held there until liberated after the Allied landing in North Africa in 1942. He resumed service after a few months recuperating at home, and was discharged in August 1945, when he joined the staff at the Edinburgh College of Art. There, he taught engraving and graphic design and lectured on the History of Art, before being appointed Head of Design in 1960. He retired in 1971. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Presented by the artist's family, 2012 Object: ZBA5198 Artist: John Kingsley Cook Date: 1941 Medium: paper; ink; wash; watercolour Size: 118 mm x 183 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.